Device for shunting vehicles off a main line of track



Nov. 25, 1930. A. SCHEUCHZER 1,782,941

DEVICE FOR SHUNTING VEHICLES OFF A MAIN LINE OF TRACK Filed Nov. 19. 1929 RAE .8. Y m M I R z 0 \N Q m a i w A C a A I C L 4 0 f Y V W M 3 Q w u h-N Q 6 0 a v O O Q l .w\

Patented Nov. 25, 1930 UNITE STATES 1 FFIC hnens'rnsonnucnznn, or RENEN'S, swIT'zEnLANn nnvion ron snun'rrne vEnIcLns on]? air/minimal or TRACK Applicationfiled November 1 19, 1929, Seria1No. 408 ,2\')0, and in Fra'nee December 26; 1928;

This inventionrelatesxto a; device for shunting a vehicle ofi a main line of track. 1

The. maintenance of railwaytracks necessitatesthe. use offvarious machines such for Ufexample as machines for screening ba'llasts which travel and work on the line of track and may thus interfere With the circulation ofthe trains. In order to removethis obj ectiongtheobject of the invention is to provide off a main line'of track. d 1 Figures 1 to 3 in the accompanying drawing show by way of example one form of construction of the invention.

a device permitting a vehicle to be shunted t Figure 1 is a transverse view in elevation of the device.

Figure 2 is an end vlew thereof. Figure 3 shows to a largerscale the assembly members connecting the rails ofthe de5 viceto the main track.

. The device described hereinafteris adapted to be employed when the line or track is placed upon an. embankment, a sectional prisingasuperposed wooden beams 15 supported by;s upports.formed by .ehannel irons view of which is shownin Figure 1. v 95 V 1 indicates the wrails of the main lineof track carried upon the ties 2 3 indicates the shunting rails of the devicepermitting avehicle to be movedofi" a. line of track these rails being arrangedtransversely to the track. p r t The shunting rails 3 are extended in first manipulating rail sections-4 secured between the rails 1 and by second sections 5 secured on the other/side of the track.

The shunting rails 3 are each provided at one end with a stopf6 while the other end which is adjacent the main track comprises a sheet of metalplate 7bent'in the form of a U-iro'n, riveted by its base to the sole plate of the rail 3. The front part of the U-iron 7 a is cut out in such a way as to enclosepartly the profile of the rail 1.

A downwardly turned channel iron 8 is secured by one of its ends by rivets 9 tothe side walls of the U-iron Tand has an upturned channel iron 10 riveted to its other end. To both ends of the shunting rail section l is riveted a U-iron 11 ofsiinilar shape as the'iron member 7. The shunting rail section 5 has its end adjacent themaintrack plate orwshoe of thejrailsl are interposed riveted oneitherside of the chanel irons16 provided with membe rs 7 8 andu1t) inFthe 1 same manner as the rail3 The channel irons 10 are provided with slots 12 andthe members ll with slots;13.; s 1; w

, InQ r-to assemb e th e r ils ctio 3,4 and5 the ballast of the main track will Figure 'lhesection 4 willbe loweredbetweenthe rails 1 so that the U-irons ll-slide overthechannel irons S and 10 as indicated V with dotted lines in Eig. 3 and then a key3165 3 is entered through the holes 12 and 13 toconnect thethreesections together. 7. t d Between the U-irons 7 and 11 and thesole wedges- 14 which-are driven in so as to provide. a rigidass'embly of the shunting rails v with themaintrack, r

"Thera'ils 3 are carried by' a sca ifolding corni a 16; one end. ofwhich rests upon ajflatpar't of the embankmentand 'thei'. other end of which issupported by posts 17, coupled togetherby rivetedp'latesilS Plates 19am and are provided" with a certainnumber of holes 20 permitting the postsl? to besecured" thereto in. different 1 positions by means of pins 21'. With their lowerlends theposts 17 are carried between two plates 22.1each, fixed i to an angle iron 23,1 the said plates being also: pierced witha certain numbe of holes 2ft perinitting theposts lTto" be secured thereto at difierentheighjts by? nieaiisfo f pins 25. Each angle iron 23"is pivoted at 271upon a pin se l;

cured to plates 30, whileitis carried upon 7 i a plankj28f situated upon inclined side of the'embankment;

In? orde .to obtain a transverse equilibrium of the snpports the posts17 are connected' together by a cruciform member 29 secured to the plates 14: by means of pins. p l; d

{)n accountofthe mobilityof. the, posts 17 an h P a m e i i efzil el n l Pea e so Heath. the railsl into the position shown in t 23, the scaifolding described can be mounted upon slopes of different inclinations,

In order to employ the device described it is necessary for the vehicle to be shunted to include travelling rollers fitting on the rails 3 and for the axles of the vehicle carrying the wheels running upon the main track to be capable of being displaced vertically by means of lifting means of any kind provided upon the said vehicle.

It goes without saying that the scaffolding is conditional and that it is limited to points where the track is constructed upon an embankment. The device described may be employed simply with a scaffolding limited to the use of the beams 15 or even without the latter on flat ground.

I claim: I

.1. A device of the class described, comprising, in combination with a main line of track, a shunting track adapted to be placed transversely to the main track, each rail of said shunting track being divided into a first rail section placed outside the main track and a second rail section placed between the rails of the main track, U-iron shaped members secured to the ends of the shunting rail sections adjacent the rails of the main track, and a channel iron secured to the U-iron member of the first rail section and adapted to eX- tend below the rail of the main track for connection with the U-iron member of said second shunting rail section.

2. A device of the class described compris-.

ing, in combination with a main line of track, a shunting track adaptedto be placed transversely to the main track, each ra1l of sald shunting track being divided into a first rail section placed outside of the main track and a second rail section placed between the rails of the main track, U-iron shaped members secured to the ends of the shunting rail sections adjacent the rail of the main track, the end of said U-irons facing the rail of the main track being shaped so as to overhang the shoe of said rail, wedges driven between said shoe of the rail and said overhanging parts of the U-irons, and a channel iron secured to the U-iron of the first rail section and adapted to extend below the rail of the main line for connection with the U-iron member of said second shunting rail section.

3. A device of the class described comprising, in combination with a main line of track placed upon an embankment, a shunting track divided into a plurality of sections adapted to be placed transversely to the main track, one of the sections extending horizontally and laterally of the main track to above the inclined side of said embankment, and a scaffolding placed upon said inclined side to support the laterally extending shunting rail section.

4:. A device of the class described comprising, in combination with a main line of track placed upon an embankment, a shunting track divided into a plurality of sections adapted to be placed transversely to the main track, one of said sections extending horizontally and laterally of the main track to above the inclined side of said embankment, a scaffolding placed upon said inclined side and including a horizontal member carrying said laterally extending rail section, an inclined member pivoted to said horizontal member and supported by the inclined side of the embankment, a vertical post, and means on said horizontal and inclined mem bers for connection of said vertical post at various points thereof, whereby to adjust the scaffolding to different inclinations of the embankment.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

AUGUSTE SCHEUCHZER. 

